If you live in a town beginning with H..

[Aprilwasverywet]

And your dh /dp /db /ds has a taupe hoody, grey joggers and he puts shitty underpants in the laundry tonight..
It's his own bloody fault...
Driving slowing down a street with parking both sides and a man as described above just walked out from the parked cars....
Didn't even look. Even when I tooted he just flinched and carried on crossing!!
50 yards either side of his chosen crossing spot are 2 ZEBRA CROSSINGS!!
What entitled pedestrian stories do you have?

Suicidal, drunk, on drugs, in a psychotic episode, from a country where pedestrians have right of way ... the fact you didn't hit him shows you were driving defensively, ready for such events. Well done.

Makes you wonder when you see piles of flowers near roadsides if they were genuine accidents or jaywalkers..

What a strange thread to start

You didn't hit him because you were driving slowly with due care and attention (as we all should when driving in a residential area)

What makes you think his wife/mother/partner is a mumsnetter?

People are human, we all make mistakes. We all get distracted, drivers and pedestrians alike and it is why we should all drive with utmost caution as you were. Many years ago, I saw a 4 year old walk out from between parked cars straight into a passing car driven (below the limit) by a young driver. The driver didn't stand a chance and that moment that changed so many lives, lives with me 40 years on.

He was yards for 2 crossings!!

What makes you assume a woman will be doing the laundry?

Where did i say that? I said in the laundry not a woman's hand.

This seems to happen frequently. I wish Jaywalking was illegal, it's bloomin' dangerous to everyone. And as for those yobs that deliberately walk out in front of cars...